Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · County council
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for West Sussex County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,712 approved · 70 refused · 110 withdrawn. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Vale First & Middle School, Vale Avenue, Worthing, BN14 0DB
Received Not publishedBillingshurst Household Waste Recycling Site, Newbridge Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9HZ
Received Not publishedFerring CE (Controlled) School, Sea Lane, Ferring, Worthing, BN12 5DU
Received Not publishedThomas A'Becket Middle School, Glebeside Avenue, Worthing, BN14 7PR
Received Not publishedHazelwick School, Hazelwick Mill Lane, Three Bridges, Crawley, RH10 1SX
Received Not publishedLondon-Brighton Railway Line between Three Bridges and Balcombe, west of Maidenbower
Received Not publishedSt Anthony’s School, Woodlands Lane, West Sussex, PO195PA
Received Not publishedLyndhurst County Primary School, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, BN11 2DG
Received Not publishedNorth Mundham Primary School, School Lane, North Mundham, Chichester, PO20 1LA
Received Not publishedSt Anthony's School, Woodlands Lane, Chichester, PO19 5PA
Received Not publishedSouth Coast Skip Hire, Unit H9-H10 Ford Road, Arundel, BN18 0BD
Received Not publishedLand at Bognor Regis Community College, Westloats Lane, Bognor Regis, PO21 5LH
Received Not publishedBillingshurst County Junior School, Upper Station Road, Billingshurst, RH14 9RE
Received Not publishedWorthing Civic Amenity Site, Worthing
Received Not publishedLandfall Farm, Emms Lane, Barns Green, Horsham, RH13 0QG
Received Not publishedThe Grange, Tower Street, Chichester, PO19 1RH
Received Not publishedSeal Primary School, East Street, Selsey, Chichester, PO20 0BU
Received Not publishedDavison C of E High School for Girls, Selborne Road, Worthing, BN11 2JX
Received Not publishedCemex Small Dole Landfill, Henfield Road, Small Dole, BN5 9XJ
Received Not publishedThe Gattons Infant School, Royal George Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 9SL
Received Not publishedQueen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee School, Comptons Lane, Horsham, RH13 5NW
Received Not publishedThe Burgess Hill Academy, Station Road, Burgess Hill, RH15 9EA
Received Not publishedPalatine School Palatine Road, Worthing, BN12 6JP
Received Not publishedBrookhurst Wood Landfill Site, Langhurstwood Road, Horsham, RH12 4QD
Received Not publishedRecords are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for West Sussex County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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